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Would agree with that. I went from a round silencer to an oval (overall volume was similar) and dropped from 118dB to 102dB. Two semi-circle baffle plates got me to 100ish, then another two and I was 97dB, so future proof for a while yet.

Took quite a bit of work to get my side exit under 100dB, although I am NA rather than turbo. I run a big silencer and also some small half moon baffles before the tailpipe

Quite a collection, though not really sure why you need so many cars that are so similar myself. Why not though I guess.

Yeah, I've seen a Bastos M3 with a "5" replacing an "S". There's a bit of a write-up in my project thread but I think almost anything that could go wrong did go wrong ? had some issues in the build up, then clutch, brake and oil issues on the day. We did about half of the event and still had...

It was hilarious by the early 2000s, it was basically a softcore jazz mag by then. The stuff they got away with was incredible, both in terms of nudey laydees and general bad behaviour. The only one I still have is the very last one.

I warned you about the stickers lol Glad you got the logbook sorted. Hopefully you'll have fun at the rally. Just done my first one and it was quite an experience!

Love it!

Had the issue with the Laguna in it. Would love to look through some of the old mags now. Gave all of mine away years ago sadly

Some great cars on there. That 2dr 306 always looked great to me and the RS2000 is a car I've always had a soft spot for. Was on eBay recently. Would love to buy it, but don't really have any justification for it. A great era. Full of excess, but lots of creative people out there building some...

Goes like one too! EK9 or FD2 for me. For all the love it gets, EP3 would be bottom of the list in my eyes.

Great buy. As you know, I made almost exactly the same change and my feelings were just the same. The Megane feels like a much more special car. Hopefully you will have lots of fun in it. Didn't realise you were around the wilds of Norfolk either.

I think the window would have to be seriously dirty to damage the motor. I've accidentally put wipers on when it's been totally frozen and it's never burned anything out. My 172 had had the rear wiper removed and it drove me mad to be honest.

This might be a stupid question, but why don't you want them to use the rear wiper...

Does anyone have access to a good calculator for this, or able to give me some guidance? A couple of drives in my car have revealed that the brake pedal is pretty long. I need to bed the pads in, so the brakes aren't brilliant obviously, but there seems to be a lot of pedal travel regardless...

Fantastic result that. You must have been going some!

Nice! I so want this car.

Some lovely cars there! My 172 Cup was sold to someone from France last year. I do miss it.

I think the question I would ask is, is there any reason you would go for the Mocal? I think I must just be a bit cheap but, given what some of the unbranded stuff can be had for, and that it's only a catch tank, I don't think I could be bothered with the expense of a fancy one.

Yeah the tyre rules do seem a bit odd for rallying. There is a list for forest stuff. I emailed the MSA about my Dunlops and just got a really cryptic, non-committal response. Probably wouldn't buy anymore, but they were cheap, so will just kill them off. It's interesting how a lot of the FIA...

Interesting to note. My friend uses Kumhos on his Escort Maxi and seems to rate them quite highly. Have definitely heard that the early Dmacks were poor, but the new ones are supposed to be better. I've got mostly Hankooks for now. Full set of soft Z209s and a set of Z210s for the wet, plus...

Do hear very mixed reviews on Dmacks. I bought a set for my car but my tyre guy couldn't even get them onto the rim. The sidewalls were so rock hard, that they wouldn't seat on the rim properly, so I just sold them on again. Got a mix of Hankook and Dunlops for now, so will see how they go.

Nice looking car that.

Side exit for the win lol

I would just go for something like Peugeot fitted to the 306 Maxi if you can get away with it with the rad: Sorry, struggling to find better pictures.

Some cool stuff on that website.

I used to do a 100 mile round trip to work every day in my 172 Cup. It was annoying as f**k at times, but still loved the car. I now have a Vectra for a cheap daily. I don't love it at all.

Epic. Would love to go in one of these. The ultimate M5

Flash git lol. Will look epic once dropped.

Lurrrrrvely. Springs, spacers, done. Will be perfect then.

Jeremy Townsend moved to Vauxhall. Don't know who replaced him